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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 27, 2019 | Artcurial | Paris | Fernand Lafarge Collection: A Tribute to Sculpture | 25 | $****** - ****** | Surprise Bather |
sculpture
56.5 cm (22.24 in)
White marble
Signed 'DALOU' at the back on the rock
Commissioned to the artist in 1901 by the Countess of Rouvres;
At Fabius Brothers;
Acquired from this gallery by Fernand Lafarge on July 6, 1962
Maurice Dreyfous, 'Dalou, his life and his work', Paris, 1903, p.243, repr.
Henriette Caillaux, 'Dalou. The man - the work ', Paris, 1935, p. 104 and 150, repr. pl. XII
'Jules Dalou, the sculptor of the Republic', cat. exp. Paris, Petit Palais, 2013, p. 382-383, mentioned in the notice of 310
White marble
Signed 'DALOU' at the back on the rock
Height: 56.50 cm (22 1/4 in.)
Surprised Bather, white marble, signed, by J. Dalou
The theme of the Bather appears throughout Dalou's career, starting with reminiscences of Falconet characterized by their purity and more realist figures, busy with their daily toilet, some of which are cold, but not without sensuality. The surprised bather in marble from the Lafarge collection was commissioned from Dalou by the Countess de Rouvres in 1901. A terracotta and model in plaster are in the collections of the Petit Palais (inv. PPS00256 and PPS00266).
Sitting on a rock, her hair is up to the toilet, the bather covers her nudity with her hands in a gesture that we can imagine as being sudden, provoked by the arrival of an undesirable spectator. The artist no longer needs the pretext of Diana, Suzanna or Bathsheba to illustrate the sensuality of a female body, the marble stresses the sensuality and softness of its curves.
